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More Miami Dolphins GM candidates emerging but there’s some confusion over process

Cleveland Browns assistant GM Ray Farmer and Titans vice president of player personnel Lake Dawson emerged today as new candidates for the Miami GM job, but there’s also apparent confusion in the process to select someone to run the Dolphins.

The Dolphins sought permission to interview Farmer today, according to the National Football Post. But Fritz Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten told the web site that he is he doesn’t understand how the Dolphins want to structure their front office, even after Farmer spoke to Dolphins officials and relayed the info back to Wooten.

The Fritz Pollard Alliance works with minority candidates.

“I want to talk to the Dolphins,” Wooten said. “I talked to Jeff Pash from the NFL. I didn’t quite understand what they were saying about how everything is going to work.”

There are still a ton of questions over whether owner Stephen Ross plans to install a GM with full control or if that person will answer to someone who runs operations? How will Miami’s vice president of football administration Dawn Aponte fit in? Aponte appears to have won a power struggle with former GM Jeff Ireland. Will it be a three- or even four-person show with Coach Joe Philbin, Aponte, a new GM and a personnel boss? Will she be the personnel boss?
Apparently the Dolphins are having trouble explaining this to potential candidates, at least by phone. Ross might not even know yet how it will be structured.

ESPN reported Miami’s interest in Dawson and said the Dolphins have received permission to interview him. New York Giants vice president of player evaluation Marc Ross is the only other candidate to have reportedly received permission to interview with Miami.